I must leave my precious Althessia again. I don't want to, but I must.
Ceolfred returned from tracking the men we saw in Bree, he's confirmed what I suspected - Immalaine is in trouble. She's being held against her will by the man, Sallastin. Monster is more like it, based on what Immalaine told me.
What she should have told Rastellion.
But the girl is as stubborn as her red hair suggests, and she steadfastly refused to share the horrors of her past with him. 'If he knew, he wouldn't love me' she had insisted. No amount of reasoning would break through the wall of fear she'd built around herself.
The very same wall that delivered her into this peril. And the reason I must now leave my daughter with Rossiath and Merry once more.
I could strangle Immalaine. And then hug her. I only hope that by the time this is over, I can. She's like a daughter to me, and to know she's in this danger - even if it is partially her own doing - breaks my heart.
One daughter of my blood, who I miss even as I hold her for the last time before I bring her to my friends to tend her.
One daughter of my heart, who I miss and would do anything to brring her home safely.
Bring her home to Rastellion, where she belongs.
